Former Backstreet Boys and NSYNC Manager Lou Pearlman Dies

Lou Pearlman, known for forming and managing 1990s boy bands Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, died Friday at the age of 62.

Pearlman died in prison where he had been serving a 25 year prison sentence since 2008 after he was found guilty over defrauding investors out of $300 million in a Ponzi scheme.

Inspired by the success of New Kids on the Block, Pearlman brought the Backstreet Boys together in 1993 and *NSYNC in 1995. Both boy bands found huge success—the Backstreet Boys sold 130 million records and *NSYNC sold more than 55 million.

On Sunday, former NSYNC member Justin Timberlake wrote on Twitter, “I hope he found some peace. God bless and RIP, Lou Pearlman.”

Here’s Google and Facebook’s Response To Recent Police Shootings

As Americans still reel from the separate police shootings of two black men this week, some Silicon Valley companies are expressing sorrow and solidarity online.

On Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on the social network a note about Wednesday evening’s death of a Minnesota man, Philando Castile, after being pulled over by the police for a broken tail light. Castile’s girlfriend began video recording after an officer shot him in the arm as he calmly tried to pull out his license and registration. The footage was broadcast live on Facebook through the company’s new video tool, though it quickly spread through social media, sparking widespread outrage, despite being briefly taken off Facebook. Here is what Zuckerberg wrote:

Yesterday, a Minnesota woman named Diamond Reynolds went live on Facebook immediately after her fiancé, Philando Castile, had been shot by police in his car. Philando later died from his wounds. In the video, Diamond’s 4-year-old daughter is watching from the back seat.

My heart goes out to the Castile family and all the other families who have experienced this kind of tragedy. My thoughts are also with all members of the Facebook community who are deeply troubled by these events.

The images we’ve seen this week are graphic and heartbreaking, and they shine a light on the fear that millions of members of our community live with every day. While I hope we never have to see another video like Diamond’s, it reminds us why coming together to build a more open and connected world is so important — and how far we still have to go.

For more responses about the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, read this Fortune story.

While it doesn’t appear that Twitter has made any public statement, CEO Jack Dorsey has tweeted out several news articles, tweets, and other content expressing shock, sadness, and calls for anti-racism actions.

Facebook Live Streams the Death of a Black Man Shot by Police

Sometimes, the ubiquity of smartphone cameras brings us touching moments from our friends’ lives or the unintentional joy of a Chewbacca Mom video. Other times, it brings death in close—to the point where it is impossible to ignore—as it did on Wednesday night when a woman in Minneapolis broadcast the death of her boyfriend in a police shooting using Facebook’s live-streaming video feature.

Although the video posted on Facebook Live by Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds doesn’t show the actual shooting, it does depict her sitting in the passenger seat of a car with her boyfriend Philando Castile slumped next to her, bleeding from his stomach. He later died in hospital.

By Thursday morning, the video had more than 2.7 million views. The stream disappeared from Facebook fb at one point on Wednesday, but the social network later said that was an error and access to it was restored with a warning about the graphic content.

As a police officer holds a gun on Castile, who is covered in blood, Reynolds calmly describes how she and Castile and her 4-year-old daughter were pulled over for having a broken tail-light. She says Castile informed police that he was licensed to carry a firearm but was trying to produce his ID when the officer opened fire and shot him in the arm and stomach.

“They killed my boyfriend,” Reynolds says as she films herself talking into the camera, while periodically turning to show Castile and the officer holding a gun pointed at him. “He was trying to get out his ID and his wallet out his pocket. And he let the officer know that he was—he had a firearm, and he was reaching for his wallet. And the officer just shot him.”

The video continues as Reynolds gets out of the car and is forced to kneel on the ground, where she is handcuffed. Her phone falls to the ground, but the camera continues to broadcast and a police officer can be heard swearing. Later, Reynolds cries “I can’t believe they did this!” and her daughter says “It’s OK, mommy. It’s OK, I’m right here with you.”

In a second Facebook Live video, Reynolds says that she live-streamed the incident because she wanted it to “go viral” in order show the world the reality of police violence. “I wanted it to go viral so that people could determine themselves as to what was right and what was wrong,” she said.

This appears to be the first time that the death of someone shot by police has been broadcast using Facebook’s live video feature, but it’s the second time a shooting death has been streamed live on the social network. Last month, Antonio Perkins broadcast his own death in a Chicago shooting.

In a broader sense, these incidents are just part of the new reality of ubiquitous smartphone cameras, and the ability to broadcast video instantly from almost anywhere. In some cases, that means we get live journalism from citizens in places like Turkey and Iraq, and in others, it means that we get live-streaming evidence of racism and violence in the United States.

Just a day before Castile’s death was broadcast on Facebook, bystanders filmed the police shooting of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man who was killed outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Two separate videos show Sterling being wrestled to the ground and then shot multiple times, despite the fact that he doesn’t appear to have a gun. The FBI and the Justice Department are investigating the shooting.

In the past, these kinds of shootings might never have come to light because there was usually no hard evidence and police testimony is often given precedence over that of eyewitnesses. But now that everyone has a video camera in their hands, we are able to see such events more clearly. As disturbing as it might be, that’s probably a good thing.

Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania, which is now part of Romania. In his memoir, which has been translated into dozens of languages, Wiesel detailed his experience in the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was sent with his family at the age of 15. The memoir has since come to be seen as essential reading in understanding the horrors and history of the Holocaust.

An outspoken human rights activist and advocate for Holocaust education, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. The committee praised him as “one of the most important spiritual leaders and guides in an age when violence, repression and racism continue to characterize the world.”

In an interview with TIME in 2006, Wiesel discussed his goal of advocating for peace and humility, especially among world leaders.

“My mission has not changed, because I don’t think the world has changed,” he said. “In the beginning, I thought, Maybe my witness will be received, and things will change. But they don’t. Otherwise we wouldn’t have had Rwanda and Darfur and Cambodia and Bosnia. Human nature cannot be changed in one generation.”

Friends and Fans Mourn Star Trek Actor Anton Yelchin

Fans and friends of Anton Yelchin mourned the loss of the young Star Trek actor who was killed in a fatal traffic collision early Sunday at age 27.

Yelchin, who was best known for playing Chekov in the new Star Trek films, died after the incident, his publicist Sara Planco confirmed to TIME. “His family requests you respect their privacy at this time,” Planco said in a statement.

Tributes on social media poured in from Yelchin’s friends and colleagues, including fellow Star Trek actor Karl Urban, who was stunned by the tragedy. “I can’t believe it,” he wrote on Twitter. “I’m f— hurting bad!”

Here’s How Apple Is Remembering Muhammad Ali

When visitors head to the company’s homepage on Monday, they’ll find a full-sized image of the late boxing legend, along with his dates of birth and death. Apple AAPL also includes one of Ali’s famous quotes: “The man who has no imagination has no wings.”

Muhammad Ali died on June 3 at the age of 74. Ali was one of the most controversial boxers of all time and used his prominence as Heavyweight Champion to share his beliefs on a number of issues. His commentary extended to war, religion, and a slew of other topics, and he was known as one of the most prolific “trash talkers” against other boxers in the game.

While Ali was a decidedly controversial figure, he was a boxing legend, amassing 56 wins and just five losses over his iconic career. Although he suffered from Parkinson’s, Ali used his time after his boxing career to continue to support the causes he believed in and became one of the most respected voices in the world on a wide range of topics. Indeed, Ali was able to use his legendary career to become a well-respected voice on civil rights, especially, and earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 for his commitment to it.

Apple’s decision to place Ali on its homepage is by no means a small one. Over the years, just a handful of legendary people have been given Apple’s homepage treatment, including the company’s co-founder Steve Jobs. Having a full-sized image on Apple.com, in other words, suggests that the person has done something important and positively contributed to the world in one way or another.

The image Apple used for its homepage also has some historical significance.

As AppleInsider, which earlier reported on the move, pointed out, when Apple was in the midst of its “Think Different” ad campaign, Ali was among several prominent figures pictured, including John Lennon and Gandhi. The Ali ad ran between 1997 and 1998 in several print publications.

Ali was also featured in a Think Different television commercial.

In addition to adding Ali’s image to the homepage, Apple CEO Tim Cook issued a tribute to the boxing legend, quoting him in a tweet and asking that he “rest in peace.” Apple senior vice president of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller also issued a tweet, simply saying, “The Greatest. Rest in peace.”

Medical Examiner Says Prince Died of Accidental Overdose

More than a month after the iconic musician known as Prince’s surprising death, a Minnesota medical examiner says the star died of an accidental fentanyl overdose.

The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office said in a press release on Thursday that its investigation into the death of the artist—whose real name was Prince Rogers Nelson—revealed “fentanyl toxicity” as the cause of death for Prince. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid often prescribed as a pain reliever. Earlier on Thursday, the Associated Press had reported that an anonymous law-enforcement official said the star died of an opioid overdose.

Prince’s death on April 21 came under mysterious circumstances, though some of the theories that surfaced in the wake of his passing raised the possibility of some type of drug overdose. Also, less than a week before he died, Prince’s plane made an emergency stop so he could seek medical treatment following a performance in Atlanta.

While many friends have described Prince as leading a clean lifestyle, former collaborator Sheila E. also stated publicly after Prince’s death that the artist suffered from various physical ailments related to years of performing.

Since Prince’s death, questions have also been raised about the fate of his estate, which is reportedly worth more than $100 million. The artist’s court-appointed estate administrator has claimed that no will for the musician has been found and court documents filed by Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, at the end of April listed a total of six sibling or half-siblings as the artist’s heirs. Meanwhile, people have also been coming out of the woodwork with paternity claims and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported on Thursday that the estate’s special administrator is still working on verifying claims from various potential additional heirs.

Here’s how the math breaks down: In any given year, an American has a 1 in 9,395 chance of dying in a car crash. That translates to a 1 in 120 chance over the course of a lifetime, or a 1.2% chance. That doesn’t sound so good.

But it gets worse. The UK’s Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change believe there is a 0.1% chance of a human extinction event in any given year. That’s not so bad, right? Wrong. Annualized, that means there is a 9.5% chance of a human extinction event in the next century.

This event could take many forms, of course — drastic climate change, a collision with an object in outer space, or the old standby of all-out nuclear war.

So be safe in your car, but don’t sweat it too much. We’re all doomed anyway.

Prince Has Sold Nearly 3 Million Songs Since His Death

Legendary artist Prince has sold nearly 3.5 million songs and albums since his death on April 21.

According to Billboard, Prince’s albums sold 654,000 copies in the U.S. between April 15 and April 24, and his individual songs netted 2.82 million downloads in the same time. The impact of Prince’s death is clear on the sales— the week ending April 21 saw 256,000 album sales; the previous week saw just 5,000. 1.04 million individual songs were sold in the week of his death, compared to 14,000 the previous week.

Prince, the Musician, Dies: A Look at His Legendary Career

The musician known as Prince, who sang such hit songs as “1999,” “Little Red Corvette” and “When Doves Cry,” has died at the age of 57. His body was discovered at his Paisley Park Estate in Minnesota on Thursday morning. His death was confirmed by his publicist, via the Associated Press.

The cause of death is not yet known, but the musician, whose full name was Prince Rogers Nelson, had suffered a medical emergency on the morning of Friday, April 15, which caused his private plane to make an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois so that he could be hospitalized.

It was later reported that he had been suffering from flu-like symptoms. Nonetheless he performed publicly the very next day and told the members of the crowd to “Wait a few days before you waste any prayers.”

Prince burst onto the international music scene with his 1982 album “1999,” and won seven Grammy awards. In 1993 Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol that combined the symbols for male and female, leading him to be referred to as “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.” He changed it back to Prince in 2000.